Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TURN OF THE ROAD, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: I was playing with my hoop along the road Last Line: ...Maybe she was a witch from foreign lands! Subject(s): Old Age; Supernatural; Women | ||||||||
I was playing with my hoop along the road Just where the bushes are, when, suddenly, I heard a shout. -- I ran away and stowed Myself beneath a bush, and watched to see What made the noise, and then, around the bend, A woman came. She was old! She was wrinkle-faced! She had big teeth! -- The end Of her red shawl caught on a bush and rolled Right off her, and her hair fell down. -- Her face Was white, and awful, and her eyes looked sick, And she was talking queer. "O God of Grace!" Said she, "where is the child?" and flew back quick The way she came, and screamed, and shook her hands! ...Maybe she was a witch from foreign lands! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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